Navy Department Communique No. 20

DECEMBER 29, 1941

The Navy Department issued the following communiqué, on the naval situation based on reports received up to 9 a. m. (e. s. t.) today:

Far East.
U. S. submarines have sunk two additional ships of the enemy. One was a transport, the other a supply vessel.
During enemy air operations one of our destroyers was attacked. Slight damage and minor casualties resulted.

Central Pacific.
Thirteen survivors of the S. S. Prusa, torpedoed by an enemy submarine on December 18, have been rescued.
There is nothing to report from other areas.